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Amt RHODA.

then, the first thing heard, Margie-
my own sisteri-was dead, and it was
too late.-too Later And drawing the
bewildered boys fresh face against her
own thin sallow features, wet with re-
morseful tears, Miss Smith told him
that she was the Aunt Rhoda whom he
had never known, and that henceforth,
please God, he should be to her as an
own son.
..And now, Tad" said his aunt, after
the long talk that ensued, ''it's nigh
twelve o'clock, and time you was in
bed long ago, after such al
..Rat-tat-tat" went the knocker.
1T never rains but it pours," re-
marked Miss Smith, lighting candle,
land wonder what's coming aoU!t'
Stepping into the entry, she called:
"Who's there, and what do you want?''
Its me-Joe WhitneyLI want to
see Tad minute" piped well-known
voice. through the key-hole.
Miss Smith uttered an exclamation
of disgust.
'sWeli. I'm going to bed-you can
let nllu III luz lew AilEuCcS. 4d0,
though / don't see, for the life of me,
how Deacon Whitney and his wife can
reconcile it to their conscience to LET
that Joe 60 trapsin' about at this time
o. night" said Tad's aunt, shortly.
But she kissed her nephew very ten
derby, despite her acid tones, and hur-
ried away lest Joe's observing eyes
should see the marks of her recent emo
ton on her face.
Tad drew back the bolt, and opened
the door. There stood Joe. dressed in
his Sunday clothes, with a small bun
die slung over his shoulder, after tbs
manner of dramatic sailor about leay
| ing home for sea-yoyage.
Come out here, Tad Whispered
Joe: and, too much astonished to speak
Tad followed his friend out on thu
moonlit piazza
81 come to say good-bye-Tm goins
to run away" said Joe, in a voice in
| tended to be very firm and brave, bu
which had suspicious shake in it. a
| he inyoluntarily glanced back at tn
| farmhouse little further down tn
street, bathed in the soft splendors o
| the moonbeams.
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'P.TH AND POINT.


Followers sometimes feel Che want
Of . leader; sometimes leader feels
the want Of . great lot of followers.
| 1t Is never too late to mend; but .
man can not expect to have : button
sewed on much after midnight
"A good quality Of celluloid is now
being made from potatoes Soon bull
lets win be made from the railway
sandwich.
There are great many windy
patriots who mistake the echo Of their
own tongue-clatter for the voice Of
fame - Washington Matched.
1t does not change the weather to
complain about it but there Is little
satisfaction IN good vigorous kick
once in . while. - lnsirG GGzette.
Their influence goes on forever
So when great man dies,
For years beyond our ken
The light he leaves behind him
Lies on the paths of men.
-LonaJelloar.
1T is possible now to construct q
sewing machine in one minute, or. let
us say. in one thirtieth of the time il
takes to find needle when q man
wants shirt button sewed on and is
late for his train
Mrs. Grundy says: Boys now, to
great extent take the places of men
In New York society" Mrs Grundy
must not complain. since boys were
created for just this very thing.-Sk
Atbans Messenger.
-Fetherhedde at the Club-sThat
Saskatchewan is dweadfM AVIS. He's
such an avs he makes my head ache
evewy time see him, wondawing how
the dayvi he can be such an avs a he
is."-1oscn Topics.
If there is m instance Of sublime
faith more striking than that shown by
q bald-headed man when he buys .
hair restorative from . bald-headsd
barber, our attention has never been
called to PhslGdelphsG Cali
We have lawyer In this county
who. several years ago, in the course
of a plea. said: ''Gentlemen of the
jury. You should bear in mind the
Lords Prayer, which says, Do unto
others rs you would that they should
do unto you Cooperstocn Repxb-
li6dn.
They were playing an old fashioned
game and having just the best KIND Of
time. when just as pretty Miss Tat
ting cried out Button. button, who's
got the button?" old Marriedman cast
a gloom over the game by drawing
nail from his pocket and saying, Here
it is. "-Bardetke.
Steel guns Of the largest calibre
win only stand two hundred rounds;
after that that they must be con-
demned. A plain man Of ordinary
calibre win stand from eighteen thou
sand to twenty thousand rounds This
illustrates natures superiority over
art.-Sdn francisco Erans1ey.
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itude gave Tad hearty goodnight
kiss, her husband went to his room,
and banged the door behind him very
hard. as though he were angry.
SWELL, Tad, y said Miss Smith. put
ting on her glasses and CHANGING at the
pile of bills on the table, s.this has
been one of the days, hasn't. it? Five
hundred and-fifty dollars." she .ex-
claimed, taking up the bill left by MIR.
Mason. well. wellr'
'sIt's too much, every WY returned
Tad, who hardly knew whether he was
on his head or his heels.
faint too much,'' snapped Miss
Smith. THAT Anterior man, who
ac's as though his spine was froze stiff.
orter give you an even thousand his
self. Look at them di'munds sixty
FIVE hundred dollars with and you
riskin' your life to capter' 'em back
from that bloodthirsty bu'glarw
81 wish. then, you'd take the money,
and put it somewheres in the bank
where yours is" finally said Tad,
who already was beginning to realize
what the French call 1.-The embarrass-
ment of riches
MAY be that would be best" re-
turned Miss Smith, thoughtfully; .'but 1
must give you some sort of a writing
to show for it, in case any thing hap
pens to me-
"'Oh, dear.''s sighed Tad. ..what
should lido if any thing did happen to
you. I'd never find anybody else in the
whole world I should like to work for
as I do for you" Miss Smith was
strangely moved by this simple appeal,
but she had, as she expressed it, ''broke
down." once that evening, and didn't
propose to again. So she made no re-
ply. but busted herself in getting out
writing materials; rather to Tad's dis
appointments, for he had almost dared
to hope for some little manifestation
of the tenderness that he knew lay
under Miss Smiths crusty exterior.
Turning the lamp up little higher,
Miss Smith sat down to write, and,
after considerable mental effort, sue
ceeded in drawing up the following re-
ceipt:
1Bixport, June % 1ST-.
'sThis certihes that Rhoda A. Smith have
this day Received five hundred and fifty dol
lars. To be deposited with my Money in Mid
dleboro Bank. The same $50, dolls being the
property Of
.sWhat is your whole name, child "
asked Miss Smith, suspending her pen
over the paper after writing the word
s.of.,' z 5 EEs -rs.
xSr IL, cd
Tad. "
aWhdtr' exclaimed Miss Smith, drop
ing the pen.
.sThaddeus Thorne," repeated Tad, a
little louder
.sOh, Lordr' said Miss Smith, and
stared at Tad so wildly that he almost
feared the events of the day had affected
her brain very little 80
s.What was your mothers name?''
Miss Smith again asked, in a curiously
! depressed tone.
'.Margarita Consuelo Smith," Tad
returned; a little hesitatingly. for ii
| had rather romantic sound, and he
feared she might laugh at it.
''Any relations living?" inquired
Miss Smith, in the same constrained
| manner.
Tad shook his head.
81 suppose I've got an Aunt Rhoda
somewhere" he said, slowly, 'but she
was mad at mother for marrying
| father, and never wrote her or any
thing, and mother never said much
about her
| .sOh, Tadl-Tadr cried Miss Smith,
throwing up her arms, God knows
didn't mean to be cruel-it was m,
hateful proud-spiritedness did it, ant
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he WALKED AWAY.

How Pumped-Out Humorist We In.
suited In Railroad once.
The door opened with that length-
ened screak which bespeaks extreme
carefulness on the part Of the one who
is entering, and tall. thin man stood
in the presence Of the superintendent
of the great Continental Air Line.
''Well. SIR" said the superintendent.
The visitor bowed profoundly. and
said:
ut is not in . spirit of haughtiness
that / come to you. / make no preten-
sions. advance no claims to recognition.
but simply submit my case"
II don't understand you" said the
superintendent
'.It will not take me long. sir. TO ex.
plain myself I am pumped cut HUI
morist.
..Ahps
II am inclined to think. sir. that II
is abr
What is yeur namer' the superin-
tendent kindly asked.
Napoleon T. B. Buclxlefield~
'.And you were humorista''
"Yes, sir.
81 have never heard of You"
'.Ah my dear sir, there is many q
humorist who is pumped out before
anybody hears of him. Mark Twain
spoke recently of endowing home for
me and my exhausted contemporaries.
but as usual he seems to be taking his
own time.''
what do you want me to do?''
Give me pass. Remember that
do not come haughtily."
Have you heard of tho"
Yes, I know all about the Inter-
State Commerce imposition. -
Then you know that we can not
give passes except to employees"
Yes, but you can say that I am an
but none only those who are on the
regular pay roll are to be recognized
as employees"
please do not let that stand in your
way. Put me on the pay roll"
at would still be violation Of the
law unless we actually paid you
ssSAAs eA1OAAs pay kAk0
The superintendent bestowed .
look upon him .Ifeel sorry
FOR you" said he, '.and perhaps may
give you employment. Are you good
IN mathematicsg'
Il fear not, sir. The ninth line of
The multiplication table is my mortal
enemy"
Can you measure cord wood2'
mo, fear not"
mark cross tiesr'
81 am not artist enough"
''You say that you are a pumped
pat humoristf"
Don't look Ike onee''
II suppose you do. Let me see.~ he
said. musingiy. IF there is mot some
thing can give you 70 do Can you
curry horsef"
mo. sir !"
LET me see. Pnmped-out humor-
ist" The superintendent unused for .
then springing to his feet, he
threw his arms around the visitor.
Thank Heaven that you have comet
he exclaimed. 81 can give you en-
ployment at an enormous salary.
want ron to answer the funny letters
the editors write when they return
their passes !"
The pumped-out hnmorist d,sen-
gagged himself from the superintend-
ent's embrace, showed him back with
an ungentle hand, cast look Of deep
upon him. and without speak
ing. slowly walked awaY. --Arkansds
Traveller. :
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: CHAPTER XVI.

The Flasgs. in ashigh state of pleas
urable excitement all talking very
fast-united in congratuiating Tad so
warmly on his good fortune that
it was some little time before
they left Miss Smiths house for
their own home. Then Mr.. Mason
and his wife must perforce hear the
strange adventures of the alligator
skin sachel, from the very beginning,
and receive from his bps true and
unembellished account of the pursuit
and capture of the willy Edwards,
from whom had been so successfully
recovered the fur-lined cloak. which
had played its part in the story, to all
of which they listened with express
sions of unfeigned interest and wonder.
ut did me good turn once" con-
cluded Tad. in reference to the arucie
An question; ..now I've done 1t one "
And he steadfastly refused to listen to
the gentleman's proffer of money re-
ward, to Miss Smiths secret satisfae-
ton. till Mr. Mason, with a great show
of affected indignation, tossed bill on
the table, beside the others, and told
Tad to take it and give it to foreign
missions or to the soldiers monument
fund-he didn't care which, or, If ne
thought better of it, he might put it IN
the savings-bark.- for himself the
money might lie there forever
wouldn't touch it again. And. sum
moning Mrs. Mason. who in her graf
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Copyrighted, 1856, By D. Loth-op d Co., and
Published By Special Arranoanenf.l
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Adventures of. Tad:
HAPS AND NISHlPS OF LOST SACHEL.
A Story for Young and Old.

BIZ FRANK b CONVERSE
AUTHOR OF -PEpPER ADAMS" BLOWN Oh
10 9EA,"1tPArl GRAFTON" ETC
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-12
POOR 'SOLIMAN"
tte IS ARRESTED AT The coaNeRs
Csaxst ksssfas Letter to Lssy-hs
Declares Hs Never $40 ~bs-
lfcfoss-A Bald headed
Conuadrou.


NEALER - lsESERAL AEEcHkNDI<E, ;
Cast Ho0S CogSEEs. AWH.. Juiy 8. 1851.
10 he EdisDf q tae eTELEsEAA-HEEALD.
DEAR sIR. This World is al > heeting
show All Is vanity. aud poor article Of
vanity a. that
These remarks are called out by the little
accident that has happened 70 as since my
point OF popularity as public speaker, a
mayor 8 deacon IN the church and
several other important ofices, this
blow falls Ike rain from
clear sky IN harvest time. Mr.. Editor, /
have been arrested Thak OF il. Ne. an
old army officer and inan Of my standing
A man that ia Grand Rapids would stand
faiet al the very least g. &c. y. II not A.
b. e." Ye gods What will Mrs. snOoks
sag when she hears OF II down IN POsey
County. Indiana. where she Is on a visiD
| think | had better run down there aud
break il 20 her gently, like Pat touched on
the cannon. And l am as innocent ss a
last years lamb. too.
Ii happened like this. A real estate office
was located IN this town a short time ago,
by a quite stylish and nobby married lady
whose husband was engaged 10 the slab de-
partment of the lumber business al Potter ;
saw mill.
| happened, incidentally, to be passing
her office couple of days ago. wnen she
waved her handkerchief al rue. l knew
this 10 be the signal. recognized the world
show YOU" SO Of course i went up
not knowing bat the lady might
have news about some land / talked
OF purchasing in Texas. | went in, mad
vertently closing the door behind me. and
finding the lady on the sofa, we began TO
read the letter together. We had Just arrived
a. the most interesting part. where man
would not like 10 be disturbed. when some
one turned the door knob. How IN sixty
that door came TO be lacked
/ don't know, but it was
Well. the next thing / knew smash came
the ladies' husbans through the glass. and.
would you believe it? he wanted me TO pay
him $500 because he saw some of our limbs
hanging down TO the floor.
Now, | would ask any thinking person If
a gentleman and lady Is expected TO wear
their lower extremties holsted onto the
center ts bic, or a chair, when they meet to
read a letter.
| say not.
offered to pay him TWO dollars rather
than TO have any fuSs, Dut ne IeluScu
nv offer and started for DR.. kobb's office
To get his hand dressed where he cut on the
glass.
Now he has charged me with being IN
fagraat delicto, when | never got into any
delicto at all. In fact | never as much as
set eyes on delicto that day.
| think / can get a jury TO believe this,
full as easily as can Mrs. Snooks.
Last evening the following Joke was got
of at the varieties In Grumbleton.
why is Soliman Snooks, of Can't Hook
Corners, like leaky boat2'
Give il up"
cause he had to be bailed out"
think when this country arrives atsuch
pass that such old bald headed conun-
drums as thst can be shot of about promi-
nent citizens, It's time there was ~ change
in the administration. Yours sadly,
SoLIMAN SHOCKS,
Mayor, etc.
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-12
OUT ON a STRIKE.
Conductors aud Drivers on the Iagravs
street Railway.

Conductors aud Drivers on the Iagrave
street Railway.
At noon yesterday six conductors and
eight drivers on the Lagrsve stiine Of street
cars threw down their whips and punches
and went ont on q strike because the other
two conductors employed on the line had
been discharged Sunday night. The places
Of the strikers were Immediately filed by
new men and the cars were run as usual,
while the strikers went out 10 the lake 10
enjoy their vacation. An emplove Of the
company stateds last evening that the two
conductors we're discharged Sunday evening
for knocking down nickles,' but the dis
charged men and their friends. the strikers
claim there was no reasonable excuse for
the discharge. They claim mat one of the
conductors vss discharged because ne miss D.
ed two passengers on q crowded car and
that the odeHse charged sgsiust the other
vas that be left his car 10 &c. = glass Of beer.
The STR kers show no inc nation 10 modest
the men who took their places and say that
they have 10 intention of making any
further trouble. but Il j. rumOred that the
men on other gines viii 90 ont today.
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-12
STRIKING ENGINEERS
o. rrs saook,ss ELEVATED.
Iss Dt.eh-~gs Of sfae Men Leads 10 =
esa<raI strfk--chisf AEtaar Of the
1crofhss1<.ed sammoa~d-
Mss kesy Dsterains1.

Bso&4LYg. Jzly Ii.-Nine engineers were
discharged frcsn ihe employ OF the Brook
iyn Elevated Railroad this morning. aud as
the company refused % accede to tbs re-
quest Of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers 10 reinstate the mea. pending a
settlement OF the trouble 6y arbitration, the
whole force OF cog neers struck work at o.
m. Chief Arthur, OF the National Brother
hood. has been telegTaphed for and will
come az once 10 take charge OF the strike.
There caa be bat one outcome Of the strike.
according to the engineers. For" as u
member OF the brotherhood said tonight,
IF Arthur can make Jay Gould and Others
knuckle under. guess be can attend 10 this
night too. Our quarrel IS just Que. and the
management must reinstate the discharged
pended excepting lev trains
officials OF the engineering department OF
the road. lt Is rumOred, that the discharge
OF the men was owing 10 q desire for econO-
my which the engineers and tiremen would
not conceie 10 De necessary.
IL Is said tonight that the nine men, on
account OF whose discharge the engineers
and firemen Quit work. were delegates
from the Brotherhood who called on the
Superintendent 10 present a bill of griev-
snces They had hardly commenced to
speak, when Martin told them they were
discharged. At .. m. superintendent
Martin received a message reiterating the
demands and calling for the reinstatement
Of the men. He paid no attention to the
men and the men left their engines at p.
m. The strikers held meeting tonight,
but their deliberations were secret.
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-12
FINDING THEM OUT.
DISCLOSURES OF THe BACON CASE.
Prsminsnt onhoisis IA the Interior lie
parfaear who horrs~s sd ef bsoeD
HasfiisK 10 Pay Up their
due fsglls.

WAssINeros. July 1.-The accounts Of
Bacon. Of the Patent ONCE. which were
found 10 be SIS 900 short with number Of
due-bills from employees a. al offset, are
still undergoing examination. This er-
summation diseloses the fact that many
prominent officials of the Interior Depart
ment. both old and recent sppointees. were
in the habit of borrowing from Bacon.
one chief Of division in the Patent Once
whose dus-bill for several hundred dollars
was found among Bscon's papers. was also
in the habit of exacting loans from the lady
clerks IN his division and the case - now
under investigation. Much Of the money
due Bacon, because Of the publicity given
the matter, has been returned, former
commissioner ia the Interior Department
having paid several hundred dollars fonna
10 be due by his brother. while on the last
pay day the entire salary was withheld
from upwards of dozen employees whose
dae-bills graced Bso0n's account books.
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-12
a YACHT BURNED
Serious Accident to Party of Bosto
Gentlemen on Sunday

Serious Accident To a Party OF Boston
Gentlemen on Sunday.
NEW HAVEN, July 1.-THE sioop yacht
Wave, of New York, with party of gent
tlemen on board, caught fire yesterday af-
ternoon during storm and was burned to
the waters edge. The accident happened
about three miles from the mouth of New
Haven harbOr, and was cansed by the ex-
plosion of a kerosene oil stove. The party
consisted OF Capt. stephen Cooper. Charles
c. a. Jones ". I. Denyse and Harry Ter
hume. The last named gentleman was
badly hurt and is DOW confined 10 his bed
at the New Haven House. The fire spread
40 rapidly that the yschtsmen had barely
time TO get 10 their gig. The waves on the
Sound were running very high, and il
seemed as il the frail craft would be
sTsmped and its occupants drowned For
tunately the schooner Lydia Christine hap
pened TO be near by and rescued the entire
party. The vessel vas worth $1,000 and
not insured. The gentlemen had over q 900
worth of personal ELECTS on boafI. Ter
hume was hurt b. = fail when getting out
OF the Yacht
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-12
L,nchers IN Georgia.

eAvASSAH Ca. July ia telegram
from Lexington reports that Ross Griffith
was taken from jail at that place a. 3
O'Clock yesterday morning and hanged to a
tree IN the on skirts of town. Griffith was
the negro who aid occasional work for
Editor ShackelfOrd. of that place. Friday
the editor went to Atachs. and that night
his sister found the negro IN her room.
After a desperate fight. in which the girl
was nearly killed aud from which she may
yet die. the despersdo was put % flight. and
when arrested was at home in bed. He
was taken out. rope plsced around his
neck, and bat for TIE Intervention Of cooler
heads would have been hanged then. When
the demand was made on the sheriff there
were fully O00 people in sight.
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-12
MCRMON MISSIONARIES.
Three of Them Creating Much Excitement
In Georgia by Their Preaching.


AUGUSTA, Ca, July 1.-THE people of
Richmond county. bordering on the
Wrightsboro road and extending to the
north across the line OF the Augusta & Chat
tanooga Railroad about three miles. are in
fever OF excitement. The canse of the ex-
citement is three Mormon missionaries who
are lntrenched in such way mat II is diff
cult 20 rid the country of them. About q
month ago three well dressed men, giving
the names of Rev. David Benton, Elder 5.
q. Spencer and Elder Joseph Murphy, went
into that section and commenced preach
ing Mormonism in Goodwin's Chapel.
Having got many Supporters they began
working with vim, promising ali who
would profess Mormonism to send them 10
Utah free of all charge and provide
for them there. They were requested TO
leave but refused. They have all this time
been holding nightly sessions and distriout-
ing pamphlets, and even went so far as to
preach to them that all who did not con-
fess the Mormon religion and 20 TO Utah
before 1898 would be destroyed by fire. al
so telling them that they were living in
adultery, and that no marriage was IN cor
respondence with the laws Of God other than
those who were married by the Mormon
service and by Mormon. This got the ig-
norsnt in frenzy and many comics sed. When
ell this became known the people who mad
petitioned them to leave Immediately
organized a body Of regulars. consisting OF
two dozen men. who went to one of the
meetings in Goodwin's chapel and or
dered them 10 leave. This they did but re-
fused to leave the county. and have since
Desn preaching in private houses and the
excitement continues. A portion of this
body OF regulators were dealt with
severely by the courts some time
ago for whipping negroes. which accounts
for their good behavior in this instance.
They have determined not to allow such
proceedings 20 continue and will run the
men frOm the county. This will be Diff
cult, as the MOrmOns have strong backing
among a certain class, and when on at
tempt is made there is apt to be some lively
Ht-hrfrrr
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-12
PENIHSULAR POINTS
c2aalsTs AasuNe At p ose=Y.
csasaiss sst sus~sa - We ~ ps-
sEsts-basxlsFg 81 Eifnt-fsinrsa
% ottss. Hsseh-f4
% nalla.I-

PnosxET. Jaly iI-ras yacaf soFdsn.
fFoEa Peatsassr. arrived tsaay ssth tnir-
t<sn druggists. NO sEs here Tor the purpose
of affsn Enz the annual c0nVentoa 0f TIE
state PnarmaosGtlosl society The steanlsr
CITY Of Graad Rapids brousht nfseez y
tssnty dslegstss snd exhibitors. AMI lEEs
dslag4ii0as aEs sxFeetsd tonight. -~Es'al
delex4ses lefl tie boat al C1eD0ygsA aid
xili soDs ever 5y rail- The c0ngen Elsl1
opens ,omorEos and MI be largely az
tsndeJ. j L. slrei- Izky, sEent t0r kopsr =
Bakters cigar. las mAsnlneent disgsAT ,
as section nsln< decorated With nsEs Ea.2
hauuers and as soods are being tsG
meudsd BY taose on the groand this rlziy